Background

The 4.7cm PaK 36 was originally
built in 1936 by Skoda in Czechoslovakia as the Skoda 47-mm P.U.V
anti-tank gun. It was one of the heaviest hitting guns in Europe at
the time of its development, firing a 3.6 pound (1.65kg) shell at
2,543 ft/sec (775m/sec) that could penetrate any tank up to 700
yards (640m), while other contemporary anti-tank guns were operating
at effective ranges of only 200-300 yards (185 – 275m). Following
the 1938 Munich Agreement, Germany took over the Skoda works and
impressed the 47-mm P.U.V. into service as the 4.7cm Pak 36. Large
numbers of the Pak 36 (t) wheeled versions were used, but mostly
this weapon made its mark on various tracked Panzerjagers.

Construction

This 1/35 scale Attack model is a
complete resin kit including a comprehensive array of shells, spent
casings, shipping tubes and crates. It is incredibly detailed. The
kit comes in a plastic zip-loc bag, yet I had absolutely no breakage
of parts. The canon is made of 38 parts with another 21 pieces for
the shells and boxes.

The resin is cream colored,
odorless and very strong yet not brittle. I encountered some bubbles
between the wheel spokes and between the barrel and recuperator,
otherwise all castings were perfect. Most pieces had small casting
blocks that were easy to remove, though some blocks were a little
larger. My only complaint concerns the simplistic instructions,
which weren’t very clear where each piece attached, but once you
held a part up to the model you quickly determined where it fits.
Fit of all components was excellent--as good or better than most
injection molded kits.

Painting

This was my first military model
in decades and I was mostly concerned with weathering, especially on
a monochromatic finish. I tried to avoid the bluing effect of some
types of weathering on Panzer Gray, but I wasn’t completely
successful. It was a fun build and I look forward to building more
Attack models, which I consider a great value for the money and they
have some extremely interesting subjects. However, my next kit will
be in my preferred scale, 1/72, of which Attack makes a great many
kits.